Gorran Haven


Gorran Haven is a fishing village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about south of Mevagissey. According to the Post Office at the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of St Goran
The village lies in a cove between two sandy beaches. Vault Beach is south of Gorran Haven and Great Perhaver Beach is to the north, both beaches are naturist beaches.
Gorran Haven lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Gorran Haven was an ancient fishing harbour; its first pier was built in the 15th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries it became a port handling merchandise brought from Fowey by barges and lighters. The pier was rebuilt in the 1820s and reconstructed in 1888.
There are two churches in the village, Haven Church and St Just Church. St Just Church had been used as a fish cellar for over a century. In 1812 the Congregationalists of Mevagissey moved into the Haven using St Just as their Meeting House and referring to it as the old Chapel Cellar. Haven Church is a non-denominational church.

Notable residents